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The Moonstone: A Romance by Wilkie Collins is an 1868 British epistolary novel. It is an early example of the modern detective novel , and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. Its publication was started on 4 January 1868 and was completed on 8 August 1868.
The Moonstone is a daytime drama series produced by King Bert Productions for BBC One. It is an adaptation of the Wilkie Collins 1868 novel of the same name described by T.S. Eliot as the first and greatest of English detective novels.
The Moonstone is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Reginald Barker and starring David Manners, Phyllis Barry, Gustav von Seyffertitz and Jameson Thomas. It is an adaptation of the 1868 novel The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. The film retains the book's British location, but uses a contemporary 1930s setting rather than the Victorian era ...
Several plot details from The Moonstone derive from the Road Hill Case, including the missing nightdress stained with paint and the incriminating laundry book. Cuff's melancholic nature was also inspired by Whicher, as well as his role of a London detective investigating a rural household. [ 5 ]
Ezra Jennings is a character, and part-narrator, in Wilkie Collins' 1868 novel The Moonstone.Ill-favoured, and of ill repute, he is ultimately responsible for solving the mystery of the Moonstone's theft, and so for reuniting the hero with the heroine, Rachel Verinder.
The Moonstone is a British mystery television series adapted from the 1868 novel The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. [3] [4] It aired on BBC 1 in five episodes between 16 January and 13 February 1972. [5] It subsequently aired in America on PBS-TV's Masterpiece Theatre between 10 December 1972 and 7 January 1973.
Godfrey Ablewhite is a character in Wilkie Collins' 1868 novel The Moonstone. [1] A vocal philanthropist, he is one of the rival suitors of Rachel Verinder, to whom he is briefly engaged before his mercenary motives are revealed.
The Moonstone is a 1959 British television serial adapted from the 1868 Wilkie Collins novel The Moonstone. [1] The series was made by the BBC and ran in 1959 over seven episodes. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]